Category: Nintendo

The 15th anniversary takes place next year.

Square Enix and PlatinumGames’ excellent action-adventure RPG NieR:Automata has reached another lifetime sales milestone – surpassing the nine million mark in total shipments and digital sales.

This title originally launched on the PlayStation 4 in 2017 with the Switch ‘The End of YoRHa Edition‘ following in 2022. This follows an update in February of this year, revealing the game had shifted eight million units.

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Suika Game takes out the top spot.

As we approach the end of 2024, Nintendo has revealed the most downloaded Switch eShop games of the year in Japan.

As you might expect, the usual titles and series are on there like Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Quest and Monster Hunter. There are also a few surprises, indie representatives and viral sensations like Suika Game (which took out first place).

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HAL be there.

Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in July. Enjoy!

Unless you’re a dedicated Famicom collector, it’s unlikely that you’ve heard of Metal Slader Glory. Released right at the tail end of the Famicom’s life in 1991, the year after the release of the Super Famicom, Metal Slader Glory never made it out of Japan, and it proved to be a massive flop for HAL Laboratory. But the very magnitude of its failure helps to explain the close relationship that exists between Nintendo and HAL today, with the latter producing games like the first two Super Smash Bros. entries and the Kirby series exclusively for Nintendo consoles.

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“When you play it, you feel connected, not judged”.

Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in June. Enjoy!

Developer Witch Beam isn’t ready to rest on its laurels. After creating two wildly different games — the twin-stick shooter Assault Android Cactus and the BAFTA award-winning, heartfelt puzzler Unpacking — it’s ready to move back to the outside and go with something even more relaxing.

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“I feel like I made the book almost for him”.

Sitting down to speak with Jonathan Traynor, a Glasgow-based artist and writer, about his newly-released book, POCA!, we were expecting a few things. Y’know the sort of stuff: how the Kickstarter went; where the idea for the book came from; hopes for the future; picks for the Top of the Pops Xmas #1; and so on.

However, in spending an hour with this huge fan of all things Game Boy Camera, we find ourselves enthralled and engaged in ways we just didn’t see coming. Why? Well, because at the time we’d been drinking eggnog all morning. But also, because Jonathan’s passion for one of the Game Boy’s coolest peripherals is infectious. You can’t not find out something you didn’t know about this technological marvel whilst spending an hour in this man’s company.

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Looking forward ‘2’ the new year.

This is it, folks – our final WAYP feature for 2024. 2025 is going to be a pretty huge year for Nintendo fans, with the likes of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition all launching within the coming months.

Oh, and we’re getting new hardware too (probably!).

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Here’s the full list.

It’s the end of the year and as we round up the best games and all sorts of other interesting facts and figures, Weekly Famitsu’s latest issue (released on 26th December 2024) has revealed the “most popular games played in 2024” according to 181 industry figures and “game loving celebrities” in Japan.

As explained by Persona Central, each individual shared the top titles they’ve played this year and that’s how this list was put together. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake took out the top spot. Further down the list in 12th place is The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and just below this is the indie hit Balatro. Here are the top 20:

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Japan only, but English language support is included.

Following the release of the beat ’em up Night Slashers: Remake in September, a physical release has now been confirmed.

The catch is it’s Japan only for now. Fortunately, it does include English language support. It’s around the $30 USD mark (or your regional equivalent) on sites like Play-Asia and is expected to ship in February 2025. The physical distribution is being handled by Rainy Frog and pre-orders are now live.

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EarthBound turns “adults into kids, and kids into adults”.

Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy!

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Nile celebrates the innocence of youth, the pain of growing up, and the magic of a cult classic SNES RPG, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on 27th August 2024…

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Biggest surprise! Most long-winded title! Crappiest Switch publisher!

The end of 2024 is nigh, but before we get there it’s time to look back on what has been a surprisingly chonky year for Switch, software-wise, in the eighth year since we first got our hands on the thing.

We’ve listed our personal Switch GOTYs, you’ve ranked yours – now it’s time to round up the stragglers with a light-hearted celebration of the year’s highs (and a handful of lows). Yes, it’s time for this year’s round of NL’s Alternative Game Awards.

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